COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FEL 1010 HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY COMPULSORY 4 0 0 6

Offered By

Sociology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR YILDIZ AKPOLAT

Offered to

Sociology (Evening)
Sociology

Course Objective

It is to consider philosophers and their thoughts chronologically with a argumentative way.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   understand the importance of Ancient Philosophy before systematic philosophers
2   recognize the systematic thinkers such as Plato, Aristotle
3   apprehend the collapse of philosophy in Ancient Greece and the rise of philosophical tradition in Arabic societies
4   understand the regression of Islamic World and the rise of Europe
5   recognize Renaissance and Philosophy in Modern Times
6   apprehend Kant, Hegel and Schopenhauer

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Philosophical Thought before Ancient Greece
2 Natural Philosophers (Thales, Anaximandros Empedokles, Parmenides, Zenon, Herakleitos, Anaxagoras)
3 Sophists, Socrates and Socratesian schools
4 Plato
5 Aristotle
6 Stoicism, Epicurism and skepticism
7 Regression of Philosophy, Christianity
8 The Emergence of Islamic World
9 Kindi, Farabi, Ibni Sina, Gazali and Endülüs philosophers
10 The Collapse of Islamic Philosophy: Renaissance in Europe: Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz
11 Empiricism: Locke, Hume, Berkeley
12 Turning-Point of Philosophy: Kant

Recomended or Required Reading

1) Alfred Weber,Felsefe Tarihi,çev.Vehbi Eralp,Sosyal Yay.4.basım,Istanbul1991.
2) Macit Gökberk,Felsefe Tarihi,Remzi Kitabevi,4.basım,Istanbul1980.
3) Bertrand Russell,Batı Felsefesi Tarihi,çev.Muammer Sencer,Say yay.3.basım,Istanbul,1983.
4) Ahmet Arslan, Ilkçağ Felsefe Tarihi,Izmir,1995.
5)Hilmi Ziya Ülken,Islam Felsefesi,Ülken yay,3.basım,Istanbul,1983.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

face to face

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

exams

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 16 3 48
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 16 5 80
Midterm 1 6 6
Final 1 12 12
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 146

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.134
LO.242
LO.3323
LO.434
LO.53434
LO.642